powerless

Soma clan survived the Great Famine.
　
However，they had to spewed out all for that.
Achievements they had built up in the reform.
It became all gone.
　
Of course, it was not in vain.
They was able to protect the life of the people under one's dominion by it.
　
"No problem.
Let the same reform as before."
They thought so.
　
But it was difficult.
This reform had been imposes the burden of extreme to samurai.

Previous reform.
It was not executed immediately after the Great Famine.
After about two decades.
It was executed after the finances of the Soma clan collapsed in debt.
　
Although suffering from debt，life of samurai were relatively stable at this time.
Of course, poverty of farmers at that time were beyond words.
　
They were fully aware of the need for reform.
And they also had enough time for its preparedness.　
　
　
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But this time，it was just after the Great Famine.
Lord was also disposed of the property for the people under one's dominion relief.
Samurai might had been exhausted than farmers at this point.
Impose the burden of extreme to them.
It was impossible.　
　
"Human beings is powerless against nature."
And sense of emptiness also may have existed to them.
　
Although the reform was executed，that achievements did not show much.
　

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"Kusano Masatatsu” and ”Ikeda Tanenao” of Soma clan chief retainer.
They were inventor of this reform.

Dissatisfaction with this reform was certainly exists from the first.　
They persuaded them patiently.

"They never excluded their opponents."
Tomita wrote so.
　
But Kusano the 70s already,Ikeda was the 50s.
(Life expectancy at that time 50 years old and younger.)　
　
”Reform that spent our lives.
It going to become meaningless.
Human beings is powerless against nature."
They also might thought so.　

Of course,tens of thousands survived by this reform.